12/27/2011: You know you’ve got a problem when the journalists at Business Week start using your industry as the new example of how money corrupts, instead of Bernie Madoff. Their review article covers Penn State and explains how the academic side can become dependent on football money, then get co-opted…
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12/26/2011: Download here. News piece here. Sunshine as Disinfectant: The Effect of State Freedom of Information Act Laws on Public Corruption Adriana S. Cordis and Patrick L. Warren August 2, 2011 Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of open government provisions on public corruption in the United States. Specifically, it…
12/24/2011: Rob, please stop maxing out our Visa card on presents like this – you’re bankrupting us. We’re still trying to get him to show us the contract, but basically athletic director Rob Mullens agreed to accept 60 seconds of air-time during the UO-UCLA broadcast for this FOX produced ad,…
from the law professors at the The Volokh Conspiracy: I’m pleased to report that our local counsel, Benjamin Souede of Angeli Law Group LLC, and I will be representing the defendant blogger in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox (D. Or.); we will be filing a motion for new trial,…
Progress of sorts, but Rob Mullens is still laughing all the way to Jamie Moffitt’s bank, using the academic side’s money to pay the athletic department’s bills. From: Rob Mullens Subject: iac2011-12: Apology Date: December 23, 2011 10:49:50 AM [email protected]> Glen, Good morning. The Athletic Department understands the critical role…
12/22/2011: Does anyone know a good place to get the springs on some old chairs repaired, and maybe new fabric?
is the rumor down at the faculty club. Comment or email [email protected] if you know more.
12/22/2011: Now it’s in Time too: Oregon parents, beware: the Ducks are 11-2 this season, and playing in the Jan. 2 Rose Bowl against the University of Wisconsin, the sixth-best party school in the nation according to Playboy (in 2010, the Badgers ranked third). For transcripts, this game might be…
“Navy fire controlmen”. Of course. Plus this. Damn I love this country.
12/20/2011. Last week it was Ed Ray at OSU. Now it’s Wim Weiwel at PSU. Next week I suppose we’ll learn that Pernsteiner did it too. From the Bill Graves Oregonian story: Portland State University faculty will get as much as a 4.1 percent pay raise for each of the…
12/20/2011: Sam Stites of the ODE asks – and gets some answers. Mostly the state self-insurance fund. Meaning money that could have been used for the many pressing needs of state government. Instead, taxpayers will pay $121,647, including $45,460 for engraving the athlete’s names. You’ve got to admire the shamelessness…
12/20/2011: That’s the ESPN headline for this paper from 3 UO economists, using data from UO students: The gist: Are Big-Time Sports a Threat to Student Achievement?∗ Jason M. Lindo Isaac D. Swensen Glen R. Waddell American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Abstract: We consider the relationship between collegiate-football success and…
12/20/2011: What should UO name after President Lariviere? Ideas welcome.
12/20/2011: From his memo to the OUS system presidents: December 16, 2012 To: OUS Presidents From: George Pernsteiner Subject: State of Oregon Hiring Freeze and Austerity Measures As you are aware, Governor John Kitzhaber and Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan this week imposed administrative restrictions on all State Agencies. …